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Cook with Cook Mode

One step at a time, with the ingredients, a timer and your place kept.

GuideCook and plan5 steps

1Start from the recipe

Open a recipe and choose Cook. The button shows only when the recipe has steps.

A recipe page with the Cook button at the top rightA recipe page with the Cook button at the top right

2Measure what you need

Cook Mode opens on Ingredients & prep. Check each ingredient off as you measure it. Recipe scale has Smaller batch and Bigger batch, and the amounts change with it. Choose Start cooking when you are ready.

Ingredients and prep, with each ingredient to check offIngredients and prep, with each ingredient to check off

3Cook a step at a time

Each screen is one step: “Step 1 of 3”, with what the step uses under For this step. Choose Next step and Previous, or press the Right and Left arrow keys, or swipe on a touch screen. A step with a time gets a timer: choose Start timer.

The first step, with its ingredients on the rightThe first step, with its ingredients on the right

4Change how it looks

Cooking options has Larger text, All ingredients, Print recipe, Measurements (As written, Metric or US) and Start over. Where your browser allows it, the screen stays awake.

The Cooking options menuThe Cooking options menu

5Finish

Choose Finish cooking on the last step. Thyme Kept asks “How did it go?”, and you can rate the recipe and leave notes for next time.

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  1. Plan your weekGuide
  2. Cook with Cook ModeHelp · Cooking and planning
  3. Using Thyme Kept without a connectionHelp · Troubleshooting

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Updated October 25, 2026